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OpenStreetMap Now Runs on Debian (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 day ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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[-] faultypidgeon@programming.dev 32 points 23 hours ago

I'm sure they had good reasons to make the switch, but I don't really understand the argument about kernel and ruby versions. An upgrade to the newest LTS release would have gotten them ruby 3.2 and probably a newer kernel as well.

To resolve these, OpenStreetMap needed to switch to newer mainline kernels, naturally leading them toward Debian.

Because Debian is known for its up to date software, right? Gave me a good chuckle.

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Moving distros to get a new version of ruby is some amateur shit.

The distro ruby is for distro ruby app packages. It is not really meant for people to build their software against.

[-] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

Because Debian is known for its up to date software, right? Gave me a good chuckle.

stable is not the only debian release. Additionally, while ubuntu may be great for beginners or corporate offices, it really does suck compared to other distros. They've added so much garbage and guardrails the performance is dog shit (in comparison to other distros like debian).

[-] jonathan@lemmy.zip 22 points 23 hours ago

That article is so bad. While still debatable, what he actually said wasn't anything like it's been represented.

On Debian 12 we could simply install the backport kernel and the performance issues were solved.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Maybe not relevant to this news about the Ruby on Rails part of the website, but when Frederick did a talk about the map-rendering server, it needed an extremely specific combination of postgres version and options, and kernel version and options, to have a chance at being efficient enough to work, even on the enormous amount of memory available at the time.

[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 22 hours ago

Seeing the headline first my thought was "what an odd thing to not have work" but that makes more sense. Doesn't seem like that'd take much of a jump, fortunately.